Areas of Practice

Litigation

J. Terrance Dillon

After graduating from law school, Terry was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan from 1974 to 1978. Noteworthy matters that Terry handled as an Assistant U.S. Attorney were:

representing the United States in a lawsuit against the State of Michigan that established treaty rights for Indian tribes to fish in the Great Lakes without a state license;

defending the United States in several lawsuits brought by individuals who claimed to have contracted neurological symptoms as a result of the government’s swine flu vaccination program.

Since 1978, Terry has been in private practice with an emphasis on complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. He has tried approximately 100 jury trials through verdict. His practice includes:

representing clients in shareholder derivative and oppression cases

representing financial institutions in work outs and lender liability cases